Monday, December 27, 2010

Sorry for such a cryptic title but "best of" seems so played out, also these albums aren't necessarily the best albums that came out this year, in fact I think some albums I don't mention are just as good if not better than what is to follow but I think these records haven't gotten the recognition they deserve. This is in no meaningful order other than the way I placed them since my tastes and mood are in constant flux. Also I don't mean this as a end all be all "best albums" list, these are just my personal favorite 2010 records as of right now, these few minutes.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Together, Oro11 and Chief Boima are Banana Clipz, a project that began when both artists were living in Oakland. Forged over the course of three years, their EP distills the pair's shared love of Afro-Latin-Caribbean sounds into a modern club template, one partially inspired by Bersa Discos' monthly Tormenta Tropical party in San Francisco, where Boima was a frequent guest DJ and even more frequent dancefloor participant.

While Oro11 and Chief Boima might be responsible for the beats on the Banana Clipz EP, the seven-track release features a number of guest vocalists, including white-hot Oakland/Panamanian rappers Los Rakas, Bay Area-based Guyanese dancehall MC Tidal, Sierra Leone-born singer Khady Black, and Black Nature of San Francisco's Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars.

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